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SUCCESSION OF DAVIDSON

No. 86-1242.

525 So.2d 15 (1988)

SUCCESSION OF Wallace Reed DAVIDSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrus, Boudreaux, Lemoine & Tonore, Benjamin F. Marshall, Vance R. Andrus, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Poynter, Mannear & Speer, Alfred W. Speer, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Voorhies & Labbe, Mark Bienvenu, Duncan Smith, Jr., Gachassin & Capretz, Donald A. Capretz, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Edward C. Abell, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before LABORDE and KNOLL, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.

LABORDE, Judge.

This is a contract interpretation case arising from a compromise agreement settling the contested probate of a will. The language of the pertinent provisions of the agreement is so clear and so unambiguous that rejection of the trial court's interpretation is mandated. Accordingly, we reverse.

FACTS

The relevant facts of this case are not in dispute. Mr. Wallace Reed Davidson died testate on January 14, 1982. Mr. Davidson was survived...

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